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A pipe leads to a pump in a brown, weedy field. Evergreen trees and a blue sky are in the background.
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Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers

by Martha Pskowski 16 May 202516 May 2025

A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that groundwater in Appalachia, the Gulf Coast, and California is susceptible to contamination from orphaned oil and gas wells.

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用分布式声学传感探测地下奥秘

by Yingping Li, Robert Mellors and Ge Zhan 20 March 202519 March 2025

新书探讨了安装在井孔中的光纤电缆如何监测地震活动、流体流动、地下温度等。

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Trump Boasts About Dismantling Environmental and Science Policy

by Grace van Deelen 5 March 20255 March 2025

President Trump’s address to Congress touted takedowns of Biden’s initiatives and encouraged fossil fuel expansion but did not acknowledge recent cuts to the federal workforce.

A plume water spouts high into the air from a well drilled in arid-looking ground beside water trucks and drilling equipment emblazoned with “UN.”
Posted inOpinions

Deep Groundwater Might Be a Sustainable Solution to the Water Crisis

by Claudia Bertoni, Fridtjov Ruden, Elizabeth Quiroga Jordan and Helene Ruden 27 February 202524 April 2025

Scientists are finding fresh groundwater buried deep underground, but questions remain about the scale of these resources, how they’re resupplied, and whether they can be used sustainably.

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Listening to Earth’s Subsurface with Distributed Acoustic Sensing

by Yingping Li, Robert Mellors and Ge Zhan 8 January 202520 March 2025

A new book examines how fiber-optic cables installed in boreholes can monitor seismic activity, fluid flow, subsurface temperatures, and more.

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Diverse Seismic Response in Hectometer-Scale Fracture System

by Xiaowei Chen 17 December 202417 December 2024

An underground experiment with multi-stage stimulations reveals diverse seismic responses within a complex hectometer-scale fracture network, shedding light on induced seismicity behaviors at field scale.

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Cooking with Gas Creates Unhealthy Work Environments

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 December 202416 December 2024

Even with ventilation, commercial kitchens can have air pollution levels that exceed health-related limits.

A group of pump wells clustered in an open area on Bureau of Land Management land in California
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Oil, Gas, and COVID-19

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 19 November 202419 November 2024

Early in the pandemic, people living near oil and gas wells experienced higher rates of COVID-19 and related mortality compared with those with no exposure to well pollution.

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Posted inEditors' Highlights

Hydraulic Fractures Are Lazy

by Douglas R. Schmitt 19 April 20248 July 2024

The layering of rock masses can help constrain and focus the growth of hydraulic fractures.

An oil rig surrounded by a green wall sits on a dirt landscape. Three people, surrounded by boxes and bags, sit in the dirt and examine instruments.
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Anthropocene Activities Dramatically Alter Deep Underground Fluid Flux

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 17 April 202417 April 2024

Scientists call for improved understanding of how our influence on deep subsurface fluids and microbes might affect the larger Earth system.

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